JAY-JAY OKOCHA NAMED IN FIFA LEGENDS SQUAD TO FACE RUSSIA LEGENDS
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Former Nigeria captain Austin Okocha has been included in the FIFA
Legends squad that will tackle the Russian National Team Legends in a
pre-World Cup exhibition match at the Football Park in Kaliningrad on
Sunday, June 3 , writes the official website of the regional
government.
The team of FIFA legends includes ex-goalkeeper of Switzerland Pascal
Zuberbühler, ex-England defender Wes Brown, Cafu, former Croatian
midfielder Niko Kranjčar, and ex-Portugal striker Nuno Gomes.
The Swiss, Croatian, English and Nigerian teams will play in
Kaliningrad during the 2018 World Cup.
The Russia Legends will be represented by ex-players of the national
team: goalkeeper Ruslan Nigmatullin, defender Dmitri Sennikov,
midfielders Alexander Mostovoi, Alexei Smertin and Andrei Tikhonov,
striker Alexander Panov.
Okocha represented Nigeria at three World Cups, 1994, 1998 and 2002,
playing nine games in total, and helped the country reach the last
sixteen in United States and France.
The midfielder visited Russia a year ago for the opening of the
Confederations Cup Park in Kazan.
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